Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum

by John Edward Gray

Muzzle broad, rounded. Skull higher in front. Nose-hole very large. Grinders conical; the two hinder of the upper and the hinder one of the lower jaw double-rooted.

Inhab. North Atlantic and Arctic Seas.

6. HALICHŒRUS.

Halichœrus, Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales, pp. 6 & 33.

Sect. II Cutting-teeth four above, and four or two below.

Tribe III. MONACHINA.

Cutting-teeth 4/4; upper transversely notched. Palatine bones not produced beyond the inner margin of the orbits.

Inhab. Mediterranean and North Atlantic.

7. MONACHUS.

Monachus, Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales, pp. 6 & 17.